Garment hanger



Dec. 12, 1967 A. DAMMER 7 3,357,612

GARMENT HANGER Filed March 16, 1966 IN IN TOR ARNOLD DAMMER 211M W ML United States Patent 3,357,612 GARMENT HANGER Arnold Dammer, 25 E. 24th Ave., Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Filed Mar. 16, 1966, Ser. No. 534,874 Claims. (Cl. 223-95) This invention relates to apparatus for hanging garments such as trousers, skirts or other similar tubular type clothing.

Numerous types of clothing hangers have heretofore been designed, some being simply supports over which clothes may be folded, and others made in the form of clips or clamps by means of which a garment may be suspended from an edge or end rather than being folded at its middle, thereby preventing the garments to be hung from becoming wrinkled.

The present invention pertains in general to a hanger whereby the garments may be suspended from an edge or end, but does not embody or employ the clip or clamp type grip on the clothing suspended, and thereby avoids the unsightly pressure marks usually associated with this type of garment hanger.

The present invention comprises an elongated body, means for slidably securing the body on the bar for longitudinal movement therealong, bar engaging means on the body movable into and out of frictional engagement with the bar, at least one garment engaging element slidably secured to the body for movement longitudinally thereof, and resilient means connecting the body and garment engaging element for resiliently resisting said movement.

In the drawings which illustrate the invention,

FIGURE 1 is an isometric view of the invention with portions thereof broken away for purposes of clarity,

FIGURE 2 is a sectional view of the invention taken along line 22 of FIGURE 1, and

FIGURE 3 is a side view of the invention in use.

Referring to the drawings, the garment hanging apparatus here accorded the numeral 10, comprises a thick rectangularly shaped elongated body 11 at the upper side edge 12 of which are formed a pair of longitudinally elongated spaced upstanding walls 13 and 14 forming a U-shaped groove or slot 15. This slot is arranged to fittedly receive an elongated cover 16 which has an inverted U-shaped cross section, having a base 17 and spaced depending legs 18 and 19, the base 17 and legs 18 and 19 together with the upper edge 12 of the body 11 forming a longitudinally extending passage 20.

The cover 16 is releasably secured to the body 11 by means of pins 22 which have a slidable press fit within suitable transversely extending holes formed through the walls 13 and 14, and the legs 18 and 19. The base 17 of the cover 16 is provided with a centrally located tapped hole 23 into which a set screw 24 is threaded so as to extend at one end 25 into the passage 20, the other end 26 of said screw being provided with a knurled knob 27.

The body 11 is also provided with a plurality of longitudinally extending ways of vertically elongated rectangular aspect when viewed in end view, two being shown in the drawings and accorded the numerals 30 and 31. Way 30 is arranged to slidably receive a garment engaging element 32, and way 31 is likewise arranged to slidably receive a garment engaging element 33.

Garment engaging element 32 is formed of a section of fiat rigid material, the thickness of which is a little less than the width of way 30, and is L-shaped in configuration having an elongated leg 36 and a shorter transversely extending leg 37 at one end 38 of said leg 36. In the leg 36, is formed a longitudinally extending notch 42 thereby forming an upstanding portion 43 at end 44 of leg 36. This upstanding portion 43 is undercut as at 50 to receive a looped end 52 of a looped-ended elongated coil spring 53, said spring being secured thereto by means of a pin 55.

The element 32 is slidably fitted, upstanding end portion 43 first, into the way 30 until the spring 53 is fully inside said way, then a pin 56 is passed transversely through the body 11 through a suitably located transversely extending hole 58 formed therein to engage the other looped end 57 of said coil spring. The length of the coil spring is such that, when connected in the manner as described, the leg 37 is normally spaced outwardly from the body 11.

This arrangement, therefore, will permit movement of the element 32 inwardly of the body 11 when pressure is applied to said element, said movement being resisted by the spring.

Element 33 which is identical to element 32 is en gaged with the body 11 in exactly the same manner as is element 32, and therefore requires no explanation. It is to be noted, however, that leg 37 and its counterpart 59 of element 33 both extend below the body 11, forming garment engaging portions 37a and 59a.

It is intended that the garment hanging apparatus of this invention shall be used in conjunction with a coat hanger of the wire type having a horizontal cross bar which is normally used for supporting garments thereon. This type of hanger is illustrated in FIGURE 3, the cross bar or garment supporting bar being accorded the numeral 60. The garment hanging apparatus as hereinbefore described is normally one of a pair, both being fastened on the cross bar 60 of the hanger with their legs 37 extending outwardly in opposite directions. In order to secure the paired apparatus to the bar as illustrated in FIGURE 2, it is only necessary to disengage their covers 16 by removing the pins 22, placing the bar 60 in and centrally of the grooves 15-, and then replacing the covers 16 and pins 22.

'One of the apparatus 10 of the pair is then slidably moved along the cross bar towards the end of the latter, and immovably secured thereon by tightening down the set screw 24. A garment such as a pair of trousers may be hung by positioning one culI about the legs 37 of both pair of said apparati 10 and slidably moving the unsecured one of said pair along the bar 60 until the springs 53 associated with said legs give to an extent wherein the outward pressure of the legs 37 against the cufi provides suflicient frictional grip to withstand the weight of the trouser. The other cuff is then suspended in the same manner on legs 59 of element 33. The springs 53 will thereafter provide sufiicient give to the legs 37 and 59 so that the trouser may be removed and rehung without further resetting of the apparati.

It will be appreciated that the trousers will tend to slip from the legs 37 and 59. These legs, therefore, may be serrated on their outer surfaces or may be provided with a rubber or plastic surfacing 62 secured thereto by suitable adhesive.

It will be seen that there has been provided a garment hanging apparatus which is easily adjustable to suit most garments to be hung, whether they be trousers or skirts, and which will not cause pressure marks upon the cloth of the garment.

It will be understood also that the garment hanging apparatus as hereinbefore described may be employed in conjunction with any form of support having an elongated horizontal bar in the nature of the cross bar of a wire type coat hanger to which the apparatus may be slidably fitted.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. Garment hanging apparatus for use with a clothes hanger of the type having a horizontal garment supporting bar comprising a pair of horizontally elongated bodies, means for slidably mounting each body on the supporting bar of a standard clothes hanger for longitudinal movement therealong and including bar engaging means movable into and out of frictional engagement with the bar, a plurality of garment engaging elements, means slidably mounting said garment engaging elements in each body for movement longitudinally of the bar, resilient means connecting each of the garment engaging elements and a respective body normally urging said garment engaging elernents in each body in the same direction to an outwardly extended position relative to the body, the garment en aging elements of each body being biased in opposite directions to yieldably support a garment placed about said pair of elongated bodies.

2. Garment hanging apparatus as claimed in claim 1 in which each of the garment engaging elements has a vertically elongated garment engaging leg extending below its respective body for frictionally engaging the garment to be hung.

3. Garment hanging apparatus for use with a clothes hanger of the type having a horizontal garment supporting bar comprising a pair of horizontally elongated bodies having a plurality of longitudinally extending ways formed therein opening outwardly of at least one end of each body, means for slidably mounting each body on the supporting bar of a standard clothes hanger for longitudinal movement therealong and including bar engaging means movable into and out of frictional engagement with the bar, a plurality of L-shaped garment engaging members, means slidably mounting each garment engaging member in a respective way for movement longitudinally of the bar, said members each having a garment engaging portion extending below its associated body, resilient means connecting each of the garment engaging mem bers and a respective bodynormally urging said garment engaging members in the same direction to an outwardly extended position relative to the body, the garment engaging members of each body being biased in opposite directions to yieldably support a garment placed about said pair o e ns d b d e 4. Garment hanging apparatus as claimed in claim 3 in which each garment engaging portion has a resiliently elongated garment engaging face, said face having a friction pad for frictionally engaging the garments to be hung.

5. Garment hanging apparatus for use with a clothes hanger of the type having a horizontal garment supporting bar comprising a pair of horizontally elongated bodies each having a longitudinally extending U-shaped groove formed in an upper side edge thereof and having a plurality of longitudinally extending ways formed therein opening outwardly of at least one end thereof, an elongated U-shaped cover removably seated in an inverted position in the groove, said elongated cover being adapted to slidably embrace the horizontal garment supporting bar of a standard clothes hanger, means for releasably fastening the cover to the body, a set screw carried by the cover being adapted to be moved into and out of frictional engagement with the supporting bar, a plurality of L-shaped garment engaging members each member being slidably mounted in a way for movement longitudinally of the bar and having a garment engaging portion extending below the body, resilient means connecting each of the garment engaging members and a respective body normally urging said members in the same direction to an outwardly extended position relative to the body, the garment engaging members of each body being biased in opposite directions to yieldably support a garment placed about said pair of elongated bodies.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,611,517 9/1952 Simonsen 22388 2,712,891 7/1955 Mantell 223 2,828,897 4/1958 Gordon 223-95 2,947,454 8/1960 Brewer 223-95 XR PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner.

G. H. KRIZMANICH, Assistant Examiner. 

1. GARMENT HANGING APPARATUS FOR USE WITH A CLOTHES HANGER OF THE TYPE HAVING A HORIZONTAL GARMENT SUPPORTING BAR COMPRISING A PAIR OF HORIZONTALLY ELONGATED BODIES, MEANS FOR SLIDABLY A MOUNTING EACH BODY ON THE SUPPORTING BAR OF A STANDARD CLOTHES HANGER FOR LONGITUDINAL MOVEMENT THEREALONG AND INCLUDING BAR ENGAGING MEANS MOVABLE INTO AND OUT OF FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE BAR, A PLURALITY OF GARMENT ENGAGING ELEMENTS, MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTING SAID GARMENT ENGAGING ELEMENTS IN EACH BODY FOR MOVEMENT LONGITUDINALLY OF THE BAR, RESILIENT MEANS CONNECTING EACH OF THE GARMENT ENGAGING ELEMENTS AND A RESPECTIVE BODY NORMALLY URGING SAID GARMENT ENGAGING ELEMENTS IN EACH BODY IN THE SAME DIRECTION TO AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDED POSITION RELATIVE TO THE BODY, THE GARMENT ENGAGING ELEMENTS OF EACH BODY BEING BIASED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TO YIELDABLY SUPPORT A GARMENT PLACED ABOUT SAID PAIR OF ELONGATED BODIES. 